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Officer stomped and punched suspects head as he was “resisting arrest” An NYPD officer was convicted by a judge Friday morning for “gratuitously” stomping on the head of a suspect. In a statement explaining his decision, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus said that disgraced officer Joel Edouard “let down …

The New York City Board of Elections suspended a top official late Thursday. In a press release, the board announced that Chief Clerk Diane Haslett-Rudiano from the Brooklyn Borough office has been suspended without pay. After voters in Brooklyn found their names absent from voter rolls in Tuesday’s primary election–in …

This article originally appeared in Filming Cops and has been re-posted with permission. [Update and Correction Below] A Brooklyn judge has set bail at $5,000 for one activist arrested protesting the sentence of former NYPD officer Peter Liang in front of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s house on Tuesday night. The activist, Jason …

NYC residents coming out to vote in Tuesday’s primary elections were met with a bungled process across the board, if a record number of voter complaints were any indication. Now the city’s Board of Elections will undergo a full-scale investigation into what went wrong. The problems began to surface early …

Judge upholds DA’s recommendation, charge reduced to criminally negligent homicide Peter Liang, the former NYPD officer convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley, will not be facing any jail time after a judge reduced his manslaughter conviction to criminally negligent homicide and upheld District Attorney Ken Thompson’s …

Judge ruled Thursday that a mistrial would not be granted for rookie NYPD cop found guilty of manslaughter Peter Liang, the former NYPD officer convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley, is expected to be sentenced this afternoon after a judge ruled Thursday against a motion …

At a court hearing in Brooklyn on Wednesday, defense attorneys for convicted former NYPD officer Peter Liang accused one juror, Michael Vargas, of lying to get on the jury. Liang was convicted of manslaughter in February for firing his service weapon into the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project while …

A source in the NYPD has told the NY Daily News that an undercover detective, whose name has not yet been released, has been accused of rape and sexual assault on a woman. Sources say the 10-year veteran of the Internal Affairs Bureau was arrested on Friday. A woman reportedly …

Thousands of Chinese-Americans protested on the lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang was convicted in the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley, crying out over what they saw as a double standard within the enforcement of police misconduct. Many feel that Liang was “sacrificed” by …

A rookie police officer, Peter Liang was convicted of manslaughter in Brooklyn today for the Nov. 20, 2014 shooting of Akai Gurley. The prosecution said Liang’s service weapon went off as he and his partner entered a dark stairwell where 28-year-old Gurley was walking with his girlfriend. The bullet ricocheted off …

Recently terminated officer Eduardo Cornejo has been arrested and charged with transporting prostitutes he employed to clients in and around the greater New York City metropolitan area. An 11-year veteran of the force who had worked in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, Mr. Cornejo was caught transporting at least 10 different prostitutes to …

John Antoine, an 86 year old man from Brooklyn, is suing the city after he was wrongfully tasered by the NYPD responding to a call about a suicidal man in his 20s. Via NY Daily News: “It is scary to think that our police force has such a lack of …

Via HuffPost Crime: ‘The manslaughter trial of a New York City police officer who fired the bullet that killed an unarmed black man in the darkened stairwell of a housing project is due to begin on Thursday. Officer Peter Liang is also charged with reckless endangerment, official misconduct and other …

A flight attendant removed four Muslim-Americans from Brooklyn off a flight from Toronto-New York, supposedly for ‘looking too Muslim.’ The men in question are now seeking 9 million dollars in damages. Via NY Daily News: The four fliers from Brighton Beach were among six longtime pals who spent several days …

A violent case comes to rest in Brooklyn after the sentencing of 26-year-old Mashawn Sands, the man convicted of assaulting a transgender woman with a piece of plexiglass. The crime has left its victim with permanent damage after traumatic brain injury. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that the man …